Since I grew up watching Creature Feature, I was
pleased to see your website. However, my memories of Creature Feature
and Dr. San are much more personal. You see, my father directed the
show so there were some nights when we (my brother, sister and I)
were allowed to go and watch them tape the show.
Additionally, John was a good friend of my father.
For a time, when I was 16-20 years old, I worked at KMTV also and
learned more of the "lore" of Dr. San Guinary. John was a wonderful
person with a bizarre sense of humor and he could tell the raunchiest
jokes without offending anyone simply because he was so delighted.
There was a television show made, shortly after John died, that
talked about his years on Creature Feature. I don't know that KMTV
would cooperate with anyone and who knows what they did with the
old tapes. KMTV is NOT the place it was when John was there. In
the 70's and 80's, there was a strong sense of commitment and family
there...that's no longer the case. However, some of the people who
were close to John are still around. Much of the crew that worked
on the show is still in Omaha, however, many of them are no longer
at KMTV. Good luck in your search for memorabilia and in any dealings
with KMTV. Like I said, I know there was a show about Dr San Guinary
on TV--probably in '89 or '90. I know because my dad was interviewed
for it.
Thanks for having this website...it brought
back happy memories.
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